The Plumbline

We depend upon a lot of things to be exactly as we expect them to be, don't we?  We go to the car each morning, depending on the battery to have sufficient "juice" to crank the engine into action.  We add detergent to our clothes washer, depending on the "power" of the detergent to wash away those grimy stains we left on them when last we wore them.  We put the sprinkler system on a timer, depending on all the various components of the system to operate at peak performance exactly as scheduled.  We DON'T expect the dead battery, unremoved stains, or broken sprinkler head allowing water to spew everywhere.  We come to depend upon what we consider to be "routine" in our lives - when the routine is broken somehow, we have to "adjust" to it.  Sin was once "routine" in our lives - we came to depend on that way of making independent choices as our way of living.  It was routine to us.  As we said "Yes" to Jesus, those depen...

There are times when we need to look at where it is we are standing and be sure the ground underneath us is really going to stand up to the pressure.  Truth be told, most of us don't give a second thought to where we are standing until we begin to experience our foothold giving out underneath us!  The moment we begin to sense things "giving way", we begin to look around for something we can reach out to in order to "stabilize" ourselves.  You know it is true - don't try denying it!  We kind of forget about the importance of our "footing" until we find it isn't as predictable or reliable as we counted on when we took steps in that direction. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]. I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust! (Psalm 91:1-2 AMPC) To a b...